Whether one loves Wike, loathes Wike or has a neutral attitude towards Wike, nobody can deny that he usually gets what he wants

It’s not just frustrated youngsters who want to run away from the multiple dysfunctions and limited opportunities that Nigeria inflicts on its citizens. I know plenty of thoroughly demoralised older folks who wouldn’t say “no” to a fresh start on the other side of the world.

If the current regime in Nigeria cares about its subjects having faith in the Independent National Electoral Commission, through which they draw their legitimacy, then it must at some time in the future explain, to a standard beyond reasonable doubt, the uploading glitch in the presidential poll.

I CAME across a video of the new Lagos Blue Line Rail service on LinkedIn a few days ago. And I find it so comforting and uplifting that I keep playing and replaying it with a silly smile on my face and tears in my eyes. When I told a friend about my obsessive love […]

I want to hear from the Supreme Court justices first. And who knows? Despite my profound scepticism, they might come up with sound arguments that will persuade me to move on. Until then, I will seethe alongside other Obidients. And, by the way, the odds are too heavily stacked against petitioners; and we really need to stop allowing people to be sworn in as heads of state when their alleged victories are being contested. 

I TOLD you about my mother’s death on this page a couple of weeks ago. Many thanks, from the bottom of my aching heart, to the many Vanguard readers who sent me sweet condolence messages. One reader – a gentleman I have never had the privilege of meeting – even insisted on sending money to […]

IN August 2015, exactly eight years ago, I was dragged out of my parents’ residence in Port Harcourt by gun-toting kidnappers. For two long and terrifying weeks, I was held hostage in a creek hut by nine men. When I was released, I noticed that Mummy, by then a widow, was not herself. She was […]

Tinubu and his fans insist that he is a visionary who massively upgraded Lagos during his two-term governorship and transformed it “from a jungle to a megacity”. But recollections vary.

Nigeria is so hard that the last time I checked, nearly 100,000 people had expressed interest in Lollah’s video. And only God knows how many are taking other similar videos seriously.

On Tuesday, a video of the President’s convoy went viral on social media platforms. Someone took the trouble to do some counting and informed the world that no less than 109 vehicles were involved. I haven’t seen any rebuttal from the Villa, so I assume that it’s true.

I’ve always been fairly unambitious and selectively lazy. My mother wanted me to go to one of the two most elite universities (Oxford and Cambridge) in the United Kingdom, where I grew up. And, if I say so myself, I certainly possessed the brains to make her happy and make it to either of these […]

Last week, I wrote about “The Five Stages of Grief”, a theory about the emotional journeys humans go through when they are grieving. The theory was invented by Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss American psychiatrist, and usually refers to people who are facing death or have lost loved ones. But it can also be applied […]

By Donu Kogbara Dr Elisabeth Kubler- Ross (1926-2004) was an eminent Swiss American psychiatrist who first introduced a theory titled: “The 5 Stages of Grief” in a 1969 book titled On Death And Dying. The five distinct stages she highlighted were: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Kubler-Ross originally based this theory on her observations […]

By Donu Kogbara THREE men who are extremely dear to me and belong to three different generations celebrated their birthdays yesterday, May 25. One is my darling son, Oliver Poage Suage Midgley, who turned 28. His name reflects his mixed English and Ogoni heritage. He doesn’t like me writing or talking about him because his […]

By Donu Kogbara ON May 5, Professor Mark Nwagwu visited the University of Ibadan, UI, to beef up his already formidable academic credentials. He registered for a PhD in anthropology. Astonishingly, May 5 was his 86th birthday. Yes, EIGHTY SIXTH! UI is Nwagwu’s alma mater. He studied there as a youngster. He was a professor […]